The notices were served after Tanushree Dutta filed a complaint to the Commission through her lawyer on Tuesday. In her complaint, Tanushree said that she had filed a similar complaint with the police on Saturday.

In 2008, Tanushree, a former pageant queen, had accused Patekar of misbehaving with her verbally and physically during the shooting of a song for the film Horn OK Pleassss. Ten years later, she is said to have ushered in the #MeToo movement in India by raising the same allegations against the veteran actor.

She also alleged that Acharya, Sarang and Siddiqui had ganged up against her, “witnessing everything, but not interfering”.

All the accused have denied the allegations.

“It is the responsibility of the producers, directors and the associations concerned to prevent such instances. There has to be some redress mechanism to register such complaints within the industry. We have sought reply from the four in this case. We will also call Tanushree before the commission to put forth her side,’’ said commission chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar.

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The commission has also sought report from the police about the action taken by them on Tanushree’s complaint. The commission instructed the CINTAA to set up an internal complaints committee to address such complaints under the Sexual Harassment Act 2013.

The CINTAA had said that it was ready to readdress Tanushree’s sexual harassment allegations against Patekar “by conducting a fair and expeditious” inquiry. The body had earlier said it did not “address” the allegations by her when she approached them in 2008. In a letter, CINTAA has asked Patekar to share his side of the story before the body issues further statements on the issue.

Meanwhile, Tanushree, who was expected to record her statement before police on Tuesday, could not do so.

In a follow-up to her written complaint at Oshiwara, a team of Tanushree Dutta’s advocates on Tuesday night submitted a set of 40 documents to the police that include details of the case she had filed in thr matter in 2008 with the Cine and TV Artists Association (CINTAA).

Tanushree’s advocate, Nitin Satpute told Mirror, “We want the police to take this information on record too.”

As the #MeToo movement gains momentum in India, veteran TV writer, producer and director Vinta Nanda, in a detailed Facebook post narrated how she was raped and sexually abused by one of the most influential actors in Bollywood and TV nineteen years ago.